tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 39

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Let Doctors Help With Flu Shot Crisis, Association Calls

Doctors should be in the loop on the government's plans to distribute scarce flu vaccine, the American College of Physicians said in a release.ACP applauded the government's efforts to provide vaccine to the most high-risk people, including the elderly and those with chronic illnesses. But because internists treat those patient groups, the government should provide vaccine to internal medicine doctors. For many patients, the doctor's office is the best place to be immunized, ACP noted. Also, the government shouldn't penalize physicians for failing to follow emergency orders that the government hasn't kept clear and timely, ACP says. Orders...

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